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General Chiang Kai-shek in wardroom of USS Swordfish with Commander Leddick and Vice Admiral Charles as they leave Keelung.
U.S. Navy USS Swordfish with the President of Republic of China General Chiang Kai-shek, at Keelung Harbor in Taiwan. U.S. 7th fleet Vice Admiral Charles D. Griffin comes aboard U.S. Navy USS Swordfish at Keelung Harbor in Taiwan. An unidentified Chinese officer boards the submarine. Joseph A. Yager of the U.S. Embassy steps aboard USS Swordfish. The U.S. Embassy official is greeted by Vice Admiral Charles. General Chiang boards USS Swordfish with his Army and Naval aid. General Chiang as he walks across bow and comes to a salute. The General is welcomed aboard by Vice Admiral Charles. General Chiang, Lieutenant Commander Roth S. Leddick, Commander of the submarine and another unidentified officer on the bridge of the submarine. General Chiang speaks to Vice Admiral Charles. General's aide stands by. General Chiang speaks to Vice Admiral Charles as his aide looks on. General Chiang shakes hands with Commander Roth S. Leddick as they stand in front of the sail. Vice Admiral Charles D. Griffin leaves the submarine. General Chiang shakes hands with the ship's officers as he prepares to leave. General Chiang sitting in the wardroom of USS Swordfish with Vice Admiral Griffin and Commander Roth S. Leddick Lieutenant Commander Roth S. Leddick hands a card to General Chiang. The resident looks through a periscope. General at the controls of the submarine while submarine is submerged.
USAAF General Henry Arnold briefs a B-29 combat crew on Saipan, Mariana Islands before a mission to Tokyo, Japan.
A B-29 combat crew is briefed on Saipan island, Mariana Islands during World War 2. Several aircraft parked on an airfield. Few baggages in front of an aircraft. United States Army Air Force Generals Henry H Arnold and Lauris Norstad and another officers walking up to B-29 crew standing on the airfield. General Norstad introduces General Henry Arnold to the combat crew of B-29 Superfortress and the commandants who are on their way to Tokyo, Japan after joining the 21st Bomber Command. General Henry Arnold shakes hands with the commandants. The crew standing in a row beside a USAAF heavy bomber B-29 Super Fortress. General Arnold briefs the crew. The General says the 21st Bomber Command has been operating out of China and the crew has the best of the aircraft which could carry the heaviest of loads. The General tells the crew that the message which is to be conveyed to Japan, is to be written on bombs. A few members of the crew wheel a cart loaded with bombs beside the aircraft. One of the crew members writes a message on a bomb as the General dictates. The Generals, the commandants and the crew members beside the cart of the bombs. The General wishes the crew good luck and shakes hands with the commandants. The message on the bomb for the enemy reads 'To the Warlords of Japan, We have not forgotten - The B-29s will remind you again and again and again'.
Japanese troops advance in Manchuria and Japanese delegates leave a League of Nations meeting in the Pacific Theater.
The rise of totalitarianism and Axis powers in the 1930s and its lead up to the Pacific Theater of World War II. “Duce” of Italian Fascism Benito Mussolini making a speech. A superimposed animated cartoon radio antenna emits the word “Lies”. Adolf Hitler making a passionate speech to German troops. A Nazi parade in Germany. Growth of German military budget is shown with an animated diagram. Gathering of troops, army vehicles, artillery, motorcars, tanks, airplanes, and ships of the Axis nations. News headlines about the military budget. Japanese soldiers holding bayonets. Animated map shows the Japanese plan for the invasion of Manchuria. Damaged railroads during a dramatized depiction of the Mukden Incident. The Japanese flag at a mast. Japanese troops advance in Manchuria. Former Emperor of China Puyi becomes the Emperor of Manchukuo. Flag of Manchukuo. Emperor Puyi shake hands with a Japanese military official. United States Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson denounces the Manchurian action. A sign reads: 'Gotham Limited'. Japanese delegates speak during a national meeting. They leave a League of Nations meeting. Horses plowing a field in Iowa. A double decker bus on a road in London. A waiter serving at an al fresco café in Paris. A hut burns as the Japanese advance through Manchuria.
British and American soldiers talk to girls and pedestrians walk the sidewalk of a street in London, England.
Activities of civilians on streets in London, England during World War 2. People walk on a sidewalk in London Square. Buildings in the background. A poster reads as 'China Rally to be held at the Albert Hall on July 7th'. Views of the street: pedestrians, British and American soldiers and airmen. People walk along the street. Many stores and shops are seen. People walk along a sidewalk. American soldiers and girls walking in the street. A group of British soldiers talk to a girl. Traffic seen on Magdalen Bridge.
French capitulate to North Vietnamese, and leave Indochina. Geneva Conference divides Vietnam.
Division of Vietnam into North and South Vietnam as Indochina war ends up in Vietnam. Aerial view of cratered battle ground, with smoke rising, at Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam, in March, 1954. A French A-26 Invader aircraft flying above some clouds and pilot in cockpit using radio. French paratroops, dropping from C-47 aircraft, and landing, to reinforce troops dug in at Dien Bien Phu. French artillery firing and rounds exploding in the distance. French troops moving through brush, and carrying wounded back out. Citizens on streets of Hanoi, North Vietnam, scrounging for scraps to eat. An old woman hunkered down in a doorway. A mother with a young boy. French troops crossing a bridge as they surrender following the siege at Dien Bien Phu. North Vietnamese troops entering Hanoi. Delegates at the Geneva conference of 1954, in the Palais des Nations, including representatives of the Soviet Union, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and the People’s Republic of China, among others. Closeup of Soviet delegation, with Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov, second from left. View of the North Vietnamese delegation, and delegate Ta Quang Buu, Vice Minister of Defense of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), and Head of their Military Delegation, signing the accords. Closeup of one treaty page, with his signature, as Minister of Defense, and that of Henri, Deltiel, Brigadier General, who signed for the Commander in Chief of all French Forces in Indochina. OUtdoors. After the conference, Soviet Foreign Minister, Molotov shakes hands with Chou En-lai, Chinese Foreign Minister. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister,Andrei Gromyko, wearing a hat, is standing behind Molotov. A long line of refugees fleeing to the South, from North Vietnam. A 1954 map showing the division of North and South Vietnam at the 19th parallel. Mist settled among mountain tops. South Vietnamese people engaged in agricultural pursuits and building new dwellings. South Vietnamese placing ballots in boxes during elections. Brief glimpse of the glamorous Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, defacto First Lady of South Vietnam, dressed in ao dai and wearing dark glasses, as she leaves a polling place. Farmers dressed in traditional conical hats (non la) working in grain fields, and reaping and carrying cut grain on poles in the South. Beautiful view of fishermen and boats silhouetted against sky, with tall limestone islands in background, at Ha Long Bay, North Vietnam (incorrectly implying it shows South Vietnamese in peaceful pursuits). South Vietnamese at work building structures with concrete blocks. A car with bullet holes in the windshield, draws attention on busy street in South Vietnam. Closeup of murdered man inside on floor of car. Scenes of vandalism at a house. Viet Minh guerillas moving through jungles and setting fires to straw roofed houses. Remains of a destroyed dwelling. Bodies of South Vietnamese killed, according to the narrator, by "Viet Cong pursuasion squads." A framed picture of Ho Chi Minh, over a North Vietnamese star flag.
American initiatives to resolve Vietnam conflict through negotiations are rejected by North Vietnam
United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk discusses American efforts to negotiate peace in Vietnam and North Vietnamese (and Communist China) refusal to participate. President Lyndon Johnson speaking, says, "We do not seek the destruction of any government." Rusk calls for free elections in Vietnam under international supervision.
